# Capsule Toy Machines Rule!

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Podcast: [This Thing Rules](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-thing-rules-7009668)
Published: 2026-04-03T13:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thisthingrules/episodes/Capsule-Toy-Machines-Rule-e3hc73g
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## Resource

You know! Those things that are like gumball machines, but for little toys! Growing up in the USA, they usually dispensed a sticky hand, some slime, maybe a lil Homie, but in Japan they’ve been in another league for decades. We unpack (or perhaps unbox) the charm of randomly distributed toys and trinkets, some of our greatest gets, and the backwards order that we’ve become aware of them.Intro contains clips from a Gashapon machine, Dragon Ball and Se7en.

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